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Sickle Cell Association set for annual fun run/walk

Kicking off the globally recognised month for awareness, the Bahamas Sickle Cell Association will host its fourth annual fun run/walk this Saturday.

Chamber chief: Govt 10% spending slash ‘may harm economy’

The Chamber of Commerce’s chairman yesterday warned the Bahamas faces “a credibility test”, and expressed fears the Government’s 10 per cent spending cut goal could “harm the economy”.

WORLD VIEW: Boycotted for a Knighthood

GEOFFREY Boycott is a BBC cricket commentator. He was an England cricketer for 24 years. Over that period, he scored 8,114 runs in 108 Test matches for England and was the first England cricketer to pass 8,000 Test runs. For this accomplishment, he received the award of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Her Majesty The Queen, through the UK National Honours Committee. But, he clearly felt that the award was not of a sufficiently high rank and he merited more.

'My year has been the best ever'

Even though it wasn’t the finish that he anticipated, men’s 400 metres national record holder Steven Gardiner said he’s still pleased with the way 2017 turned out for him. Now he’s looking forward to expanding his horizons in 2018 as he will contempl

TKO: 'Reno' falls in the 12th round

BAHAMIAN boxer Tureano Johnson had high hopes of challenging for a title shot in the near future but those plans were derailed for the moment when he suffered a loss in the IBF middleweight eliminator bout. Sergiy Derevyanchenko remained unbeaten an

EDITORIAL: ‘Only fools rush in where angels fear to tred’

PLP CHAIRMAN Bradley Roberts and his sidekick, PLP Senator Fred Mitchell, have gone out of their way to criticise the FNM government for at last telling the unvarnished truth —at least as far as the FNM knew it at the time – about the critical state of the economy. They laid it out in their first budget debate in parliament in June giving notice that the new government would have to borrow $323m to cover the deficit for the 2017-2018 fiscal year and an additional $400m to cover the fiscal overhang for 2016-2017.

Miller-Uibo, Gardiner in the Diamond League Final today

Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner continue their busy post-IAAF World Championships schedules on the Diamond League circuit.Miller-Uibo will be a part of a stacked field for the 200m while Gardiner will contest the 400m in the Diamond League Fi

Hope Bahamas Power & Light ‘shake up’ shows reform desire

A governance reformer yesterday expressed hope that the “shake up” in Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) top management is a sign the Government is serious about delivering energy reform.

Enforce the death penalty

THE Bahamas now has a total of 87 murders for the first eight months of 2017. That is an average of a little over ten murders per month. At this rate, the country will once again reach the mark of 120 murders. The FNM government and National Security Minister Marvin Dames have stated that they will use everything on the law books, including capital punishment, to make The Bahamas safe for law-abiding citizens. Bahamians want a safe country. They are tired of the wanton bloodshed on the streets of New Providence and Grand Bahama.

Roberts says FNM has failed to keep promises

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has lambasted the Minnis administration for its first 100 days in office, saying the new government has not kept its key election promises. The Progressive Liberal Party member’s comments came hours after Prime Minister

Let's cut right to the chase in the NFL's NFC South

By INIGO 'NAUGHTY' ZENICAZELAYA I’VE got four very important Fantasy Football League Drafts coming up this week and next week, so let’s cut right to the chase for the NFC SOUTH. In and out, I need to get back to strategising!! ATLANTA FALCONS -

How many holes do we dig?

IT IS oftentimes good to look at the past to see how far we’ve gone and what has happened along the way.

Bodybuilders named for CAC

National champions Charles Reckley, Shakeria Ferguson, Angelica Wallace-Whitfield, Enderich Rahming and Giovanne Farrington will head the Bahamas’ 22-member team that will compete at the 2017 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

Justin Roberts reflects on pro circuit experience

AFTER spending the majority of his summer playing in professional tennis tournaments in Europe, Justin Roberts was glad to take ten days off to relax and recuperate with good home cooked meals before heading back to school for his senior year.

Private sector jobs offers road to success

Government was yesterday urged to facilitate greater growth in private sector employment, with a governance reformer warning: “We can’t be stagnant in our thinking.”Robert Myers, a principal with the Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG) told

EDITORIAL: Hidden faces of racism in The Bahamas

THE shocking events that unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend stunned a modern world that wanted to believe racism was a thing of the past or reserved for over zealous police in troubled cities. Suddenly, racism was alive, re-asserting its demonic vehemence when white supremacists led by the KKK staged the Unite the Right rally protesting the removal of a statue of confederate Gen Robert E Lee and were met by counter protestors.

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